“They didn’t like the performance”

“Maybe they were booing at the halftime show ’cause the whole thing sucked”

“I was facing [the Oklahoma Sooners], and I was rooting for USC, and they played a clip of it, so maybe it was that those people didn’t like me”

“There were no ear monitors when we went onstage”

“No floor monitors”

“Trying to sing in a stadium where you can’t hear yourself is kinda hard. My sister [Jessica] was like, ‘I don’t know how you just did that! I performed in stadiums, and if I didn’t have my ears, I would have freaked.’ ”

“I go from having a #1 album and things going great and all of a sudden something like ‘SNL’ happens and boom! You’re faced with how mean people can be and criticizing you and stuff”

“It’s like, I’m not perfect and I’m not going to be perfect. I’m still 20, and a new artist, and I will only grow. And I look forward to continuing to not listen to what one person says* and making good music.”

And One Reason She Doesn’t Give:

“I can’t sing”

*Attendance at the Orange Bowl: 72,000